Jerry Harrison

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Jerry Harrison
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Harrison at the Austin Music Awards during SXSW 2010
Background information
Birth name Jeremiah Griffin Harrison
Born (1949-02-21) 21 February 1949 (age 64)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
Genres New Wave music, Indie Pop, Rock and Roll, Art Rock
Occupations Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer
Instruments Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar
Years active 1971–present
Labels EMI, Sire/Warner Bros. Records
Associated acts Talking Heads
The Modern Lovers

Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He achieved fame as the keyboardist and guitarist for the pioneering New Wave band Talking Heads and as an original member of The Modern Lovers.[1]

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Career[edit]

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Harrison played with Jonathan Richman in The Modern Lovers when he was an architectural student at Harvard University. Harrison was introduced to Richman by mutual friend and journalist Danny Fields and the pair bonded over their shared love of the Velvet Underground. He joined The Modern Lovers in early 1971, playing on their debut album in 1972 (not released until 1976), and left in February 1974 when Richman wished to perform his songs more quietly.

Subsequent to his work with The Modern Lovers, Harrison joined Talking Heads; the latter band already had a single out when Harrison left the Modern Lovers to join them.

Harrison's solo albums include The Red and the Black, Casual Gods, and Walk on Water.

After the 1991 break-up of Talking Heads, Harrison turned to producing and worked on successful albums by bands including Hockey, Violent Femmes, The BoDeans, The Von Bondies, General Public, Live, Crash Test Dummies, The Verve Pipe, Rusted Root, Stroke 9, The Bogmen, Black 47, Of A Revolution, No Doubt, Josh Joplin and most recently The Black and White Years, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Bamboo Shoots. He was recently confirmed as the producer of the forthcoming debut album by The Gracious Few.

Film work[edit]

Harrison also had a small part in the 2006 film The Darwin Awards as "Guy in Bar No. 1" alongside John Doe of the band X.

Discography[edit]

Talking Heads[edit]

Solo albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. Modern Rock
1984 "Five Minutes" -
1988 "Rev it Up" 7 [1] Casual Gods
1990 "Flying Under Radar" 13 Walk on Water

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bush, John. "Biography - Jerry Harrison". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 

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